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S63

Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • S63.0 Subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand joints (also a header)
  • S63.1 Subluxation and dislocation of thumb (also a header)
  • S63.2 Subluxation and dislocation of other finger(s) (also a header)
  • S63.3 Traumatic rupture of ligament of wrist (also a header)
  • S63.4 Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint(s) (also a header)
  • S63.5 Other and unspecified sprain of wrist (also a header)
  • S63.6 Other and unspecified sprain of finger(s) (also a header)
  • S63.8 Sprain of other part of wrist and hand (also a header)
  • S63.9 Sprain of unspecified part of wrist and hand (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S63

Excludes2 - not included here

  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of wrist and hand (S66.-)

Code also

  • any associated open wound

Includes

  • avulsion of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level

Inherited from the S60-S69 section Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)